PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ludwig Von Mises (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Trucks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Von Mises
vs
Trucks

180 cm
28
195 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

183 cm
20
196 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Voodoo Nutrition
Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ludwig Von Mises!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Trucks!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trucks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Von Mises.
Von Mises walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

It looks like Ludwig Von Mises has been cut.
Trucks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trucks misses with a straight right.
Von Mises seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Von Mises tries to clinch there but Trucks circles away.
Von Mises lands a jab to the nose.
Von Mises ducks right into an uppercut from Trucks.
Trucks circles away from the clinch attempt
and Trucks counters with a left and a right that stings Von Mises.
Trucks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Von Mises doesn't manage to clinch there - Trucks circles away.
Von Mises takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trucks takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Von Mises cracks Trucks with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Derek Trucks has been cut.
Von Mises wants to clinch
and Trucks counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Mises misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trucks.
Good exchange - Trucks coming out on top.

Von Mises moves into range and clinches up with Trucks.
Von Mises blocks an uppercut.
Von Mises taking a breather.
Von Mises doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Von Mises has Trucks pressed against the cage, preventing Trucks from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Von Mises lands a nice uppercut.
Von Mises digs a right hand underneath Trucks's ribcage. Trucks let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Von Mises tries a body shot but Trucks blocks it.
Von Mises throws a head punch that misses.

Trucks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trucks connects with a right hand. Von Mises shakes it off.
A left lands for Trucks.
Von Mises throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trucks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trucks on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Von Mises wants to clinch but Trucks slips to the side
and Trucks makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Von Mises gets a clinch.
Von Mises throws a punch but it's blocked by Trucks.
Our sources have told us that Von Mises has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Trucks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Trucks manages to break the clinch.
Trucks has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A punch combination from Trucks misses.
Von Mises is looking to clinch but Trucks is avoiding it.
Trucks connects with a crisp jab.
Trucks feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Von Misess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Von Mises takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Von Mises looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Trucks feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Von Misess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Trucks swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Von Mises.
Trucks might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Trucks throws out a loose jab but Von Mises uses good head movement to avoid it.
Von Mises moves in looking to clinch but Trucks pushes him off.
A cross from Trucks lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Mises scores with a body shot.
Von Mises tries to clinch but Trucks is having none of it.
Trucks takes one to the chin there.
Von Mises tries to clinch but Trucks is having none of it.
Von Mises misses with a wild body shot.
Trucks swats away the attempt to clinch by Von Mises.

Von Mises gets a clinch.

Trucks breaks from the clinch.
Trucks changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Von Mises takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Von Mises is looking to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Trucks misses.
Von Mises lands a jab to the head.
Trucks scores with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trucks throws out a powerful jab.
Trucks bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Von Mises's head backwards.

Von Mises is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Trucks! Von Mises is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derek Trucks!